Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Summary

For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God.

Bible References

God's righteousness

Romans 1:17
For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith, as it is written, "The just shall live by faith."
Psalm 71:15
My mouth shall show forth Your righteousness and Your salvation all the day; for I do not know how many they are.
Isaiah 51:6
Lift up your eyes to the heavens, and look on the earth beneath; for the heavens shall vanish away like smoke, and the earth shall become old like a garment; and its inhabitants shall die in the same way. But My salvation shall be forever, and My righteousness shall not be broken.
Isaiah 56:1
So says Jehovah, Keep judgment and do justice; for My salvation is near to come, and My righteousness to be revealed.
Jeremiah 23:5
Behold, the days come, says Jehovah, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and act wisely, and shall do judgment and justice in the earth.
Daniel 9:24
Seventy weeks are decreed as to your people and as to your holy city, to finish the transgression and to make an end of sins, and to make atonement for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the Most Holy.
John 16:9
Concerning sin, because they do not believe on Me;
2 Corinthians 5:21
For He has made Him who knew no sin, to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
2 Peter 1:1
Simon Peter, a servant and an apostle of Jesus Christ, to those who have obtained like precious faith with us through the righteousness of our God and our Savior Jesus Christ,

To establish

Romans 9:31
But Israel, who followed after a law of righteousness did not arrive at a law of righteousness.
Isaiah 57:12
I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not do you any good.
Isaiah 64:6
But we are all as the unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as a menstruation cloth. And we all fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.
Luke 10:29
But he, willing to justify himself, said to Jesus, And who is my neighbor?
Luke 16:15
And He said to them, You are those who justify yourselves before men, but God knows your hearts. For that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Luke 18:9
And He spoke this parable to certain ones who trusted in themselves, that they were righteous, and despised others:
Galatians 5:3
For I testify again to every man that is circumcised, that he is a debtor to do all the Law,
Philippians 3:9
and be found in Him; not having my own righteousness, which is of the Law, but through the faith of Christ, the righteousness of God by faith,
Revelation 3:17
Because you say, I am rich and increased with goods and have need of nothing, and do not know that you are wretched and miserable and poor and blind and naked,

Submitted

Leviticus 26:41
I also will walk contrary to them and will bring them into the land of their enemies. If then their uncircumcised hearts are humbled, and they then pay for their iniquity,
Nehemiah 9:33
But You are just in all that is brought upon us, for You have done right, but we have done wickedly.
Job 33:27
He will observe to men, and say, I have sinned and perverted righteousness; and it was not equally repaid to me,
Lamentations 3:22
It is by Jehovah's kindnesses that we are not destroyed, because His mercies never fail.
Daniel 9:6
Neither have we listened to Your servants the prophets, who spoke in Your name to our kings, our rulers, and our fathers, and to all the people of the land.
Luke 15:17
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my father abound in loaves, and I perish with hunger!

General references

Genesis 3:12
And the man said, The woman whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.
Deuteronomy 6:25
And if we are careful to do all this commandment before Jehovah our God, as He has commanded us, it shall be our righteousness.
Judges 17:13
Then Micah said, Now I know that Jehovah will do me good, since I have a Levite as my priest.
Job 9:30
If I wash myself with snow water, and make my hands ever so clean,
Isaiah 57:12
I will declare your righteousness, and your works; for they shall not do you any good.
Luke 18:21
And he said, I have kept all these from my youth up.